Vol. CXVII CONTENTS No. 2317
WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1920
Fifty-third Annual Convention The Ameri
can Institute of Architects................................................... 601
President Kimball s Address.......................................................... 603 Report of Post-War Committee...................................................... 606 Editorial Comment.............................................................611 Synopsis of Com mittee Reports.................................................... 614 Convention Notes............................................................................ 619
Current News.......................................................................620 Weekly Review of Construction Field.......................................... 623
Illustrations
The Library of Venice, Frontispiece House of H. R. Rea, Sewickley. Pa.
Hiss & Weekes, Architects.
Alterations to House of Edward M. Hale,
Passaic, N. J.
John F. Jackson, Architect.
House of George Crompton, Pocasset, Mass. James Purdon, Architect.
Department of Architectural Engineering
Designing the Automatic Sprinkler System
for Hot Water Heating........................................................ 625 Book Notes........................................................................... The Balance.............................................................................................................................................. 629
Available Sizes of Reinforcing Bars.......................................... 630 Building Conditions in Uruguay................................................ 630 Engineering Notes............................................................................................................................ 632
Owned and Published by
THE ARCHITECTURAL AND BUILDING PRESS, INC. No. 243 West Thirty-ninth Street, New York
E. J. ROSENCRANS FREDERICK S. SLY President and Treasurer Vice-President
WILLIAM H. CROCKER, Editor
EDWARD F. HAMMEL ARTHUR T. NORTH Engineering Editor Western Editor
NATHANIEL SHAW, Associate Editor
Board of Directors H. T. REDFIELD
E. J. ROSENCRANS H. M. SWETLAND G. E. SLY FREDERICK S. SLY WILLARD C. HOWE
CHICAGO, Mailers Bldg., Page A. Robinson, Western Manager CLEVELAND, Guardian Bldg. SAN FRANCISCO, 320 Market St. Subscriptions in the United States and Possessions, Mexico and Cuba, Ten Dollars. Other Countries, Twelve Dollars. Payable in New York
Funds. Single Copies (Regular Issues), 25 Cents.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1920
Fifty-third Annual Convention The Ameri
can Institute of Architects................................................... 601
President Kimball s Address.......................................................... 603 Report of Post-War Committee...................................................... 606 Editorial Comment.............................................................611 Synopsis of Com mittee Reports.................................................... 614 Convention Notes............................................................................ 619
Current News.......................................................................620 Weekly Review of Construction Field.......................................... 623
Illustrations
The Library of Venice, Frontispiece House of H. R. Rea, Sewickley. Pa.
Hiss & Weekes, Architects.
Alterations to House of Edward M. Hale,
Passaic, N. J.
John F. Jackson, Architect.
House of George Crompton, Pocasset, Mass. James Purdon, Architect.
Department of Architectural Engineering
Designing the Automatic Sprinkler System
for Hot Water Heating........................................................ 625 Book Notes........................................................................... The Balance.............................................................................................................................................. 629
Available Sizes of Reinforcing Bars.......................................... 630 Building Conditions in Uruguay................................................ 630 Engineering Notes............................................................................................................................ 632
Owned and Published by
THE ARCHITECTURAL AND BUILDING PRESS, INC. No. 243 West Thirty-ninth Street, New York
E. J. ROSENCRANS FREDERICK S. SLY President and Treasurer Vice-President
WILLIAM H. CROCKER, Editor
EDWARD F. HAMMEL ARTHUR T. NORTH Engineering Editor Western Editor
NATHANIEL SHAW, Associate Editor
Board of Directors H. T. REDFIELD
E. J. ROSENCRANS H. M. SWETLAND G. E. SLY FREDERICK S. SLY WILLARD C. HOWE
CHICAGO, Mailers Bldg., Page A. Robinson, Western Manager CLEVELAND, Guardian Bldg. SAN FRANCISCO, 320 Market St. Subscriptions in the United States and Possessions, Mexico and Cuba, Ten Dollars. Other Countries, Twelve Dollars. Payable in New York
Funds. Single Copies (Regular Issues), 25 Cents.